Version 2.8 – 1/14/2009
• Added ability to use edit mode outside sun paths on device. Previously this feature was desktop only.
• NREL TMY3 weather data for the U.S.A is now integrated. TOF/TSRF are now calculated when TMY3 weather is used.
• New Horizon view chart showing for every azimuth direction what the highest elevation angle of the obstruction in that direction is. The azimuth range and window size can be specified.
Version 2.7 – 9/16/2008
• SunEye software and User’s Guides are now available in Spanish, Italian and French (in addition to English and German that were already available).
• New international database of cities with latitudes and longitudes available when creating a new session. All European Union Countries and Australia are included. The United States cities have been updated to include more cities.
• Session can now be viewed in Google Earth. For Skylines that were acquired with the GPS option, Google Earth KMZ files can be exported to view in Google Earth.
• Added ability to export skyline data for PVSYST (.hor files).
Version 2.6 – 4/17/2008
• For 110 v2 platforms, fixed a bug that would cause the camera image to be too red for the first image after the SunEye device is powered on.
• Fixed a bug related to daylight savings time that could cause session and skyline creation times to be off by an hour.
Version 2.5 – 3/25/2008
• GPS performance improvements and bug fixes.
• Automated checks for software updates over Internet.
• When acquiring the first Skyline in a new session:
1.Provides opportunity to define the default panel tilt and orientation for the session
2.Displays a reminder to verify the open sky vs. obstructed sky auto detection
• Feature to change panel orientation for all skylines in a session at the same time (on desktop software only).
• When selecting which Skylines to include in the “Session Solar Access Averages” or exported in a report, individual skyline details can be seen on the selected skyline.
• Other minor bug fixes and enhancements.
Version 2.4 - 1/18/2008
• Support for new SunEyeTM models 110N and 110S.
• The International license is now available. Having this license installed allows the language and region to be selected (currently only languages are English and German). This license also allows for Session locations outside of the United States.
• It is now possible to select which Skylines of a session should be used in generating reports and computing solar access averages.
• Text entry keyboards now have an option for QWERTY keyboard layout style.
• Added ability to export skyline data for Valentin’s PV•SOL (.hor files).
• Other bug fixes and feature enhancements.
Version 2.3 - 10/18/2007
• Bug fixes related to the GPS feature.
• Bug fix related to changing sessions and different panel orientations.
Version 2.2 - 9/20/2007
• Added software support for the SunEyeTM GPS option.
• When entering panel orientation in Skyline Properties, it is now possible to specify the panel azimuth as either true or magnetic azimuth.
• Session location latitude, longitude, and magnetic declination now have a precision of .1° (used to be 1°).
• For SunEyeT 100N v2 platforms, fixed a bug that would cause the SunEyeT device battery to die overnight while powered off.
• For SunEyeT 100N v2 platforms, fixed issues that caused the SunEyeT device to hang on power up.
• For SunEyeT 100N v2 platforms, improved the automatic skyline obstruction detection algorithm.
Version 2.1 - 8/13/2007
• Fixed problem with power on of SunEye 100N v2 hardware platforms.
Version 2.0 - 7/31/2007
• Software support for SunEye 100N v2 hardware platforms.
Version 1.6 - 3/5/2007
• Fixed a bug that caused the panel orientation property of a skyline to sometimes display incorrectly.
Version 1.5 - 2/19/2007
• Added panel orientation property to provide the ability to set panel tilt and azimuth used when calculating solar access values.
• Added a new averaging feature that calculates the average annual, seasonal, and monthly solar access values for all skyline datasets contained within a session.
Version 1.4 - 1/8/2007
• Fixed bug that prevented skylines from being edited on Windows 2000 installations.
• Improved sunpath accuracy in winter months.
Version 1.3 - 12/14/2006
• Added a new exported data format for obstruction elevations. This table reports the elevation of the highest shade-causing obstruction for every 1° of azimuth.
• Open sky editor now allows editing outside of the sunpaths region.
• Added feature to allow selection of months displayed in the Annual Sunpaths View to be either Jun-Dec or Dec-Jun.
• Exported reports are now importable by Adobe Acrobat.
• Several minor enhancements and bug fixes.
Version 1.1 - 10/13/2006
Fixed bug where times and dates of sessions and skylines were displayed incorrectly when the device was not set to Pacific (GMT-8) time zone.
Version 1.0 - 9/29/2006
Initial Release